Criterion Newsletter (Part 2)

[oldsheperd]

I pooped on a cat once.

[jsteffe]

8 1/2 BluRay with commentary track by Max Baucus?

He's no Blue Dog, but I would really love to hear a feature-length commentary on 8 1/2 by Senator James Inhofe. After all, it's a weird European film about a liberal film director/adulterer who's a Catholic, plus it has some of those effeminate types in it. Any chance the folks at Criterion might consider this for their forthcoming Blu-ray edition?

I would also like to make him sit down and watch Salo, but he might confuse it with a documentary about Abu Ghraib and start defending the actions of the patriotic Italians running the facility.

[domino harvey]

Only thing better would be a Tom Coburn commentary on 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days

[oldsheperd]

Or a Coburn commentary on Vera Drake. A Jim Demint commentary on Gance's Napoleon and Tom Delay on The Band Wagon. No doubt Mark Foley would be in the commentary for Bully

[Fiery Angel]

I'm feeling a thread split comin' on

[jsteffe]

If one is to trust the assertions in Kirby Dick's documentary Outrage (2009), it would also be interesting to somehow trick the Florida governor Charlie Crist into doing a feature-length commentary on Brokeback Mountain or Maurice. The latter could even be a Criterion Collection special edition.

On the other hand, Cruising might be a better choice for Sen. Larry Craig. Just imagine the newsletter clue for that title!

Oh, please stop me before this gets out of hand.

[dr gennesier]

8 &1/2 blu-ray with a commentary by Rick (man on Dog) Santorum.

[GringoTex]

Only thing better would be a Tom Coburn commentary on 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days

No need for a commentary. If Tom Coburn were a filmmaker, he would have made 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days.

[Tark]

8 1/2 is a "dog" of a film.

They are unhappy they have to release it.

[Gregor Samsa]

8 1/2 is a "dog" of a film.

They are unhappy they have to release it.

Maybe they're trying to give it artistic credibillity by releasing it in a two pack with Beethoven?

[Murdoch]

Booooo

[Zazou dans le Metro]

So if we ever get an animal clue for a forthcoming Rivette what would it be?
My money's on an ox in a ditch.

[CSM126]

So if we ever get an animal clue for a forthcoming Rivette what would it be?

A dead horse.

[Cinephrenic]

So if we ever get an animal clue for a forthcoming Rivette what would it be?

A dead horse.

=D>

Or a dead French poodle.

[Matango]

I'm going with size 8 1/2 Hush Puppies, signifying The Red Shoes.

[Feego]

I'm going with size 8 1/2 Hush Puppies, signifying The Red Shoes.

I don't think Moira Shearer's feet were that big. [-(

[Magic Hate Ball]

I'm going with size 8 1/2 Hush Puppies, signifying The Red Shoes.

I don't think Moira Shearer's feet were that big. [-(

Trick photography.

[BWilson]

What happened with the clue about Christmas in Monument Valley and everyone thought it was Stagecoach? What did the clue hint at?

[Napier]

It was Stagecoach. And the Kurosawa box.

[colinr0380]

So if we ever get an animal clue for a forthcoming Rivette what would it be?

A dead horse.

Or a dead French poodle.

No, that would mean Criterion were about to release Theatre of Blood!

[knives]

And no one could complain about that.

[swo17]

After all the creative newsletter titles they've used for most of their recent releases, I like that the best they could come up with for Howards End was "HOWARDS END in High-Definition."

[manicsounds]

How about

"Howard Ends Up in High Def"
or
"Howard's enD"

eh...

[Napier]

How about

"Howard Ends Up in High Def"
or
"Howard's enD"

eh...

Exactly! I'm rushing out to buy this now. My insomnia was considered incurable. Until now.

[domino harvey]

Always think of the parody on The Critic: Howard Stern's End